Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-09
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General wolseley having placed on
record his high opinion Of the military
abilities Of Lee. perhaps he win now tell
what he thinks % the gensralship Of Fl
Mahdi. His opinion on the latter sub
Jet would doubtless be Of general In
terest.
The Spokane Falls Review begins an
editorial with the somewhat startling
statement that the prospects for an
European war grow brighter each day
II is 70 be inferred that when war IL aetu-
ally raging. the Reviews cup Of happi-
ness VIII BE- full.
Some dust recently fell in Cincinnati.
When examined under q microscope il
was found 70 contain particles Of sui
phur. and now the Ciscinnsu scientists
arc sndeavoring to convinee the people
that Il was carried by the wind all the
way from MaunA Loa-
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The people CT Astoria arc indignant 1t
President Cleveland for his pocket veto
Of the River and Harbor bill. and the
Historian voices their sentiments in
dozen or more forcihle and pointed para
graphs. OF which the following is =
sample:
Cleveland will get praise from the New
Ysrk mugwumps for his refusal 70 sign
the River and HaTbor iii. Aduiation
| from those creatures Is incense In his
| nnafrffa and thu RsaflHa Of the NaffTn re
secondary Ia his eyes to TIE applause Of
the contemplate clique In the Empire
state that made possible the misfortune
Of bis election.
1If the following story. which Ia going
the rounds Of the press. be true, the
meanest man on earth has at last been
discovered and The seArchers may Ie-
turn.
A French doetor being asked by a man
one day to 90 10 a distance to see his sick
/ child. replied that IL was too far 10 wa K
and that no had no carriage. "0h. said
the man. that doesn't matter; l an q
livery stable keeper and will drive you.
| same time afterward the doctors bill
was asked for. Il was Eve francs. This
livery stable keeper then presented his
six francs.
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General Wolseleyls estimate Of General
Leo viii not be generally endorsed By
either Americans or Englismen The en-
thusisstie oouquerer Of AIabl Rey says Of
the Confederate chic tain;
When all the angry feelings reused By
the secession arc buried with those which
existed when the Declaration OF indie
pendenco was written; when Americans
can review the history OF their last great
rebe lion with calm iTpartiaNty. | be
lieve that all viii admit that General Lee
lowered far above all men on either side
In that n uggle / believe he will be re.
garded not only as the most prominent
figure Of the Con'eferaoy. bat as the
great Ame'ican Of the nineteenth CEN
fury, whose statue II well worthy "a
stand on an Fqlal pedestal with that OF
Washington, and whose memory Is
equally worthy 10 DO enshrined in the
hearts OF all OF his oountrymen.
In q lecture in New York. q few even.
ings since. by Rev. DIR. Charles F. ID ems.
on Berkeley. the Friend Of Ireland and
America" the well-known divine related
the following berkeley was on one oc.
oasion led by curiosity to see a man
hanged. The scene made such an im.
preston upon him that he became in
qu'silive about the sensations one *,
porienoed Ia being hanged. and per,
suadcd his ohum to try the experiment
with him. Berkeley was 10 be hanged
FIRST and cut down by his friend upon q
gwen sigma, whsreupon the friend "a.
10 undergo the experime I. and the
| young men were then 10 comgare notes
AfieF Berkeley had been tied up 70 the
ceiling he lost consciousness. and his
chum waited in vain for the signal 70 cut
him down. II his ohum had not soOu
realized that he might wait too long,
Berkeley would have bean hanged In
earnest. Tho only tAing Berl e.ey said
when he recovered was: Bless ms
hearI Contorini. how ysn have rnmpled
my band Hls fiiona was perfectly sat
isfied with Bcrkcley'a experience and did
not care 10 try the experiment"